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As Pune police book Mukesh Machkar for inciting genocide of Brahmins by attacking women, read why Brahmin bashing is considered cool in Maharashtra

Gopal Tiwari - 26 July, 2023

Read the historical and political reasons why bashing Brahmins is considered cool in Maharashtra

News Reports

Kolhapur: Curious case of a Madarsa built on Pavangad fort’s govt land, Hindu groups raise voice against ‘illegal encroachment’, crucial discoveries from ground

Siddhi Somani - 21 July, 2023

Local Hindu community in the Panhalgad town have complained that a Madarsa has been 'illegally' built on the fort of Pavangad

News Reports

‘Starve yourself to meet Jesus’ to ‘We will ride on a comet to escape apocalypse’: How doomsday cults have claimed thousands of gullible victims...

Shraddha Pandey - 20 July, 2023

These doomsday cults thrive on the belief that people are living in the end times, that is the world will end soon and only those who follow their prescribed rituals and traditions will be able to meet God.

OpIndia Explains

The multiple delays in Hyderabad Metro project in the old city area and the constant need for “permission” from AIMIM contributing to them

S. Sudhir Kumar - 19 July, 2023

On July 10th 2023, KTR tweeted that his father and the Honourable CM has instructed his department to take forward the Metro project in the Old City of Hyderabad. Immediately, the president of the Islamist party AIMIM thanked KTR for the announcement.

Interviews

‘A sense of alienation looms in Bengal, need a strong Nationalist movement to counter it’: BJP leader Swapan Das Gupta on political violence, corruption,...

चंदन कुमार - 18 July, 2023

The cadre of Marxists and Trinamool is different, but both are similar with only one difference. Corruption during CPM’s regime was limited and it was the party that indulged in corruption. But in Trinamool's case, corruption is all-pervasive from the top leadership to the lower rungs.

News Reports

As British politician makes rhetorical claim on “UK’s foreign aid” to India after Chandrayaan-3 launch, here is how it is a falsehood repeatedly peddled...

Paurush Gupta - 15 July, 2023

After Chandrayaan-3 launch, British politician Paul Golding asked UK to stop sending aid to India, ignoring the fact that India stopped accepting aid from UK long ago

News Reports